See also: age, Age, âge, Agë, Åge, and âgé

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Occitan -atge, Romanian -aj.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɪd͡ʒ/, /əd͡ʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
  • IPA(key): /ɑːʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)
  • IPA(key): /eɪd͡ʒ/ (obsolete)

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
    word + ‎-age → ‎wordage
    Synonyms: -ery, -ing
  2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
    block + ‎-age → ‎blockage
    marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage
    shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage
  3. forming nouns of a state or relationship
    bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage
    marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    parent + ‎-age → ‎parentage
    line + ‎-age → ‎lineage
  4. forming nouns indicating a place
    orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage
    hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage
  5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
    post + ‎-age → ‎postage
    broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage
    cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage
  6. forming nouns indicating a rate
    percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage
    mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage
  7. forming nouns of a unit of measure.
    volt + ‎-age → ‎voltage
    foot + ‎-age → ‎footage
    tonne + ‎-age → ‎tonnage
    hour + ‎-age → ‎hourage

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French -age.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
  • (file)

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
    1. action
      kijven (to altercate, dispute, wrangle) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (squabbling)
      lekken (to leak) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (leakage)
    2. collectivity
      tuig (rig) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (rigging)
    3. result of an action
      stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Indonesian: -ase

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-age m (plural -ages)

  1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
  2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
  3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

Usage notesEdit

  • Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • -asche (obsolete or nonstandard)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French -age m. Feminised by analogy with the majority of German words in -e, perhaps also with other suffixes of abstract nouns such as -heit and -ung.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aːʒə/
  • The stress usually falls on the syllable the /a/ is part of.

SuffixEdit

-age f (plural -agen)

  1. Nominal suffix, rarely productive, mostly restricted to borrowings from French.

Derived termsEdit

InterlinguaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem/Spanish -aje, all ultimately from Latin -āticum.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -age
    folio (leaf) + ‎-age → ‎foliage (foliage)
    fructo (fruit) + ‎-age → ‎fructage (fruitage)

Usage notesEdit

  • G in this suffix always represents a fricative (or affricate) sound rather than a plosive, i.e. /ˈaʒe/ (or /ˈadʒe/) rather than */ˈaɡe/.
  • It takes the form -agi- before o or a.

Derived termsEdit

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -age not found

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

-age

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
  2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
  3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
  2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

OccitanEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
  2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit